Hospital Lane

HER Number:
11539

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Hospital Lane

Place:
Lemington

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A plan of 1767 shows Pigg's Hall on the site of later Union Hall. The lane from the west (now Hospital Lane) was thereafter known as Hogg's or Pigg's Lonnen.

Easting:
417100

Northing:
565380

Grid Reference:
NZ417100565380

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
I. Thompson, 1767, A plan of the Lordship of Newburn belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Northumberland Museum and Archives (Woodhorn) Sant/Beq/9/1/1/24 and 25